Conditions over the last three days at the ISAF Grade 1 event have been tough for both the Race Committee and competitors at the Marseille International Match Race.

Racing on the final day took place on Marseille's Outer Harbour, the wind being very light meant for some intense breeze hunting for the race organisers.

Karol JABLONSKI (POL), ranked first in the ISAF World Match Race Rankings overcame a slow start earlier in the week and the regatta's on form skipper Bertrand PACÉ, to win his second Marseille International Match Race in a row.

Jablonski took the first race quite comfortably, but then watched the French battle back to even the score and force a third and deciding match.

In his semi-final, Jablonski dispatched of his opponent, the Frenchman Luc PILLOT, former helmsman for America's Cup le Défi Areva Challenge, 2-0, to gain momentum heading into his clash with Pacé, who likewise shed his opponent, France's Matthieu RICHARD.

In the petit finals, the young French match racer Matthieu RICHARD defeated his fellow countryman Luc PILLOT to finish third. In the sail-off, New Zealand's Kelvin HARRAP swept past Dimitri DERUELLE (FRA) to finish fifth.

The next ISAF Grade 1 event on the International Match Racing Tour is the Congressional Cup in Long Beach, California, April 19/24.

Tom Burton (AUS) and Alison Young (GBR) hit the right note in the Laser and Laser Radial at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as they took out the top honours and qualification spots to the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final.

It was double Australian gold in the Paralympic classes. Matt Bugg (AUS) came out on top in the 2.4mR whilst London 2012 Paralympic SKUD18 gold medallists Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch (AUS) were triumphant in the two person keelboat.

Lithuania's Juozas Bernotas came out on top in the Men's RS:X whilst Russia's Stefania Elfutina was triumphant in the Women's RS:X. Both sailors claim the first Abu Dhabi ISAF Sailing World Cup Final spots whilst Jock Calvert (AUS) and Joanna Sterling (AUS) picked up the Oceanic spots for the Emirati finale.

There was some fast paced action in the 49er and 49erFX Medal Races at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS) and Maia & Ragna Agerup (NOR) claimed the honours and Abu Dhabi final spots.

A tight group of five young Papua New Guinean (PNG) Laser sailors are stepping up their 2015 Pacific Games competition program using this week's ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne. PNG is one of 33 countries represented at the important Oceanic event, the largest Olympic sailing regatta in the southern hemisphere.

Melbourne, Australia will host the final Rio 2016 Paralympic Games qualification regatta in 2015. With just under one year until the event, the 2015 IFDS Worlds was launched at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne.

ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne kick starts the journey to the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with qualification spots and top ranking points available in the Australian city.

Shawn Bennett (USA) won the Long Beach Stop of the 2015 California Dreamin' Series Sunday in this International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Grade 3 match racing regatta hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club and raced on the Long Beach Sailing Foundation's fleet of Catalina 37s.

After the limits of the southern oceans imposed by the combination of the weather systems and the safety barrier of the Antarctic Exclusion Zone, the Atlantic is opening up for the top trio of the Barcelona World Race.